The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra has left for a three-weeks concert tour in the U.S. and Canada, during which it will play 16 concerts under the baton of Zubin Mehta. Soloists playing with the IPO in the U.S. will be Yefim Bronfman, Yehudit Lieber, Uri Pianka and Itzhak Perlman. In Canada the soloists will be 15-year-old violinists Shira Rabin and Roni Shiloh.
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